WMU vs. IPFW – Photo Highlights
Katrina Murphy
Western Herald
By Zeke Trezevant
Western Herald
Are you a former athlete looking for a place to release that competitive drive or a regular student looking for something fun to do in your free time?
Either way, Western Michigan University’s men’s club Ultimate Frisbee team, Dark Horse, is what you’re looking for. From superstars to wash-ups, everyone is invited to join.
By Chris Willis
Western Herald
The time for waiting is over.
The Western Michigan University Broncos will open the football season this weekend as they head to East Lansing on Saturday to face the Spartans of Michigan State University.
By Kevin Doby
Western Herald
If a person had last visited Western Michigan University over five years ago and came back today, they would notice a great deal of change has been made and is in the process of being made.
By Zeke Trezevant
Western Herald
The Western Michigan University women’s soccer team improved to 2-0 this past after defeating Oakland University, 2-0, at the WMU Soccer Complex on Parkview Dr.
By Zeke Trezevant
Sports Editor
Coaches around the Mid-American Conference voted the Western Michigan University men’s soccer team to finish third in the annual preseason poll.
By Chelsea VanderWoude
Western Herald
If there was any doubt about the Broncos’ talent this season, it has been dismissed.
By Aaron Geer
Western Herald
After playing Hoxeyville Music Festival in Wellston, Mich., singer/songwriter Justin Townes Earle, the son of the famous country musician and troubadour, Steve Earle, came to the Van Duesen Room in the Kalamazoo Public Library on Monday, Aug. 23. The room was filled to capacity for the library’s 32nd free concert in a row.
By Aaron Geer
Western Herald
Andy Caitlin stepped through the back door of the stage quietly at The Strutt Friday, Aug. 27. He placed himself at his keyboard as if to do sound check. After a minute or so of merely making noise, droning a chord over a slew of samples and loops, Tod Kloosterman made his way through that back door. He picked up his fretless five-string bass and slid his way up and down the neck, doodling over Caitlin.
By Krystin Nichols
Western Herald
Almost every United States president and vice president born since the first social fraternity was founded in 1825 has been members of a fraternity.
By Hassan Al-Momani
Western Herald
Orientation is one of the most important activities that each university makes for its new students.
By Katrina Murphy
Editor in Chief
You bring in the last of your boxes, hug and kiss your parents goodbye and shut the door behind them.
You’re finally on your own. But now what do you do?
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As a new academic year approaches, we here at the Western Herald would like to take the time to share with our readers who we are, what we are here to do and what our visions are for the year.
By Krystin Nichols
Western Herald
Western Michigan University, though smaller in enrollment size than Michigan State University or the University of Michigan, can be overwhelmingly large to a new student.
By Jason Koole
Western Herald
Fall semester is starting again and that means it is once again time for Western Michigan University’s One Stop Convenience Center to open its doors in the North Ballroom on the second floor of the Bernhard Center.
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If you are a high school football player in Southwest Michigan, then the KVA Classic is something you look forward to each season.
Hosted by the Kalamazoo Valley Association, the KVA Classic is a two-day event hosted at Waldo Stadium on WMU’s campus.
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After weeks of detours and construction, members of the Kalamazoo community gathered to cut the ribbon on its first roundabouts in the Arboretum Parkway area on Friday, Aug. 27.
By Krystin Nichols
Western Herald
A retirement reception honoring Diane Sopjes of Western Michigan University’s Dining Services will be held on Friday, Aug. 27.
By Krystin Nichols
Western Herald
Western Michigan University will hold a retirement reception on Tuesday, Aug. 31, honoring Don Slocum of facilities management for 45 years of service.
By Jason Koole
Western Herald
Western Michigan University will host a retirement reception on Thursday, Aug. 26, for Penny Schellenberg, who has given 21 years of service to the university.
By Kallie Leonard
News Editor
Western Michigan University Police and the Kalamazoo Township
Fire Department were seen on campus outside Haenicke Hall on Tuesday afternoon after a fire broke out on the fourth floor of the building.
By Aaron Geer
Western Herald
During the first song of Pittsburgh, Pa.’s Olympus Mans, the front row crowd wasn’t the energized fans that gleamed at Glowfriends’ set minutes before. No, those fans were catching their breath outside, replenishing their taste buds with water or a cold beer.
By Aaron Geer
Western Herald
89.1 WIDR FM’s annual festival, Barking Tuna, will bring three nights of nationally recognized musical acts to The Strutt beginning on Thursday, Oct. 7.
By Laura Christian
Western Herald
Kinetic Affect had the audience clapping, laughing and cheering during the taping of an episode of their TV show, “Kinetic Affect LIVE” on Saturday, Aug. 15.
By Zeke Trezevant
Sports Editor
The Western Michigan University volleyball program will be hosting its Alumni match on Saturday, Aug. 21, at 7:00 p.m. at University Arena.
This is the first glimpse at the 2010 Bronco volleyball team, which includes their nationally-ranked recruiting class of outside hitters Gillian Asque, Ali Gossen and Taylor Richard, middle blocker Emily Harris, libero Lena Oliver and setter Terin Norris.
By Zeke Trezevant
Sports Editor
The Western Michigan University football team will host their annual fan appreciation night at Waldo Stadium on Aug. 22, 2010 from 5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
By Zeke Trezevant
Sports Editor
Tim Hiller has become the first male Western Michigan University student-athlete to be named a recipient of the Bob James Memorial Award.
By Zeke Trezevant
Sports Editor
Third-year sophomore tight end Blake Hammond has been named for the 2010 John Mackey Award Watch List.
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